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Originally Posted by spider
wait. is she willing to send money via paypal before your friend ships it? not sure i get the scam if that is the case.
fwiw, i had someone on craigslist pay me in advance via paypal and ask me to mail the item. i was surprised he was willing to be so trusting but figured it was no risk to me and did it. no problems.
but that was a $40 bike pedal, not a laptop. i wouldn't pay 1000, much less 1200, for a used laptop i have never seen. hell, not sure i would pay 1000 for a used laptop period.
Well the tip off is agreeing to pay more than asking price. That almost guarantees it's a scam. The usual scam of course is the "certified check" where you deposit the check, they "realize" they overpaid, or were forced to overpay, and request you send them cash with the goods. Then weeks later the bank tells you the "certified check" didn't clear and you are out all the money and your goods.
My guess is that there is some way to send you a payment on Paypal, and later have Paypal revoke it because it never cleared. I'm not a paypal expert, so this is just all supposition on my part.